My 6 Month Checkup

This past Monday, November 27, 2006, Zoe had her 6 month checkup with her pediatrician, Dr. Beveridge. She weighed in at a whopping 18lbs. 10 oz. and was 27 1/2 inches long! She is measuing in the 95th percentile for both height and weight! The poor thing also got five shots that she was none too happy about. Boy....they sure do make them feel bad. I'm happy to report that she seems to be feeling much better now; however, for a few days there she did not feel well at all.

We had an emergency situation come up with Zoe over Thanksgiving and ended up at the pediatrician's office that Saturday. She woke up Thanksgiving morning with her nose running (which has never happened) and then she started coughing a ton and started the whole wheezing process again. Saturday morning when we tried to give her a breathing treatment the nebulizer was broke!!!! Mommy was beside herself, talked to the doctor on call and we had Zoe at their office by the time they opened at 9:00 a.m. Come to find out, she had an ear infection in both ears! Ugh! Who knew? She didn't even act like anything was wrong! Thank goodness those aren't contagious, but it was still one more sickness to add to our growing list! Zoe has now been diagnosed as asthmatic and we are on breathing treatments indefinitely, along with daily doses of Singulair. I was pretty upset about it, but Mark and I have tried to put everything into perspective. Most of the time, kids grow out of it when they have episodes this young. It's no guarantee that Zoe will grow out of it, but we just have to stay positive. Asthma is also the most common childhood condition so it is not at all uncommon for Zoe to have it. I just hated to hear it because as parents, Mark and I don't want a thing to be wrong with our child. We just keep thinking that it could always be something worse and that we should be thankful for what we have. And we are! We have a beautiful baby girl and you can't imagine how spoiled she is already. Oh well! We always wanted two children and we feel like we have had our two.....even though our little Taylor Grace didn't get to stay here with us. She is always in our thoughts and we know she is always watching out for Mommy, Daddy and her baby sister Zoe. I would just ask that you all say prayers that Zoe will continue to get better.